Sentence examples for distrustful of power from inspiring English sources

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The identification of anthropology with military operations, intelligence gathering and "armed social work" augurs ill for the future of a discipline that studies populations distrustful of power — many of which have had unhappy past experiences with American invasion, occupation or support for corrupt dictatorships.

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Because conservatives are distrustful of concentrated power, it is awkward to select just seven Washington power players, but here are my picks.

The McGovernites, strenuously opposed to the Vietnam War and distrustful of American power, struck more hawkish Democrats as na? about Communism, even isolationist.

But its bitter colonial legacy has made Indian leaders distrustful of outside powers, especially those with nuclear weapons that lecture others about nuclear restraint.

But Mr Straw said that it was understandable that ordinary Iranians remain distrustful of the Western powers, due to UK and US involvement in the 1953 coup which unseated President Mohammad Mossadegh, support for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ahead of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and backing for Saddam Hussein during the Iraq-Iran War of 1980-88.

Like Mr. Hani, we are cynical and distrustful of those who hold power — irrespective of race.

This past week's revelations have briefly united a civil libertarian collection of conservatives and liberals who are distrustful of too much government power.

Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell of Crocodiles have been so distrustful of the Internet's fickle power that at first they tried to keep as low an online presence as possible, going so far as to ask fans to remove YouTube videos of their shows.

While many Japanese are now deeply distrustful of their government's ability to oversee the politically powerful nuclear industry, others worry that power shortages could cost jobs and accelerate the nation's industrial decline.

That public is profoundly distrustful of its leaders who have achieved power in a system of, by, and for whichever interests have the most money.

James is distrustful of "witchbreed" (people born with magical powers, "mutants") and collaborates with Spanish High Inquisitor Enrique to blame the witchbreed of England, headed by Carlos Javier, for Elizabeth's death.

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